Cotton or seed planter.



PATENTED OCT. 3, 1905.

R. S. BONNER.

COTTON 0R. SEED PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 8, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COTTON OR SEED PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed August 8, 1905. Serial No. 273,227.

To 11]] whom, it nut/y concern.-

Be it known that I, RIoHARDSHAoKLFoRD BONNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Statelevee, in the county of Tunica and State ofMississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cottonor Seed Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, makinga part of this specification, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon.

The present invention has for its object to provide a cotton or seedplanter that will possess many advantages over the planters in commonuse and in which the distributingwheel is constructed of cast metal withradial spokes and pockets for reversible and adjustable cups and theplanter improved in the many details of construction, whereby the sameis rendered more efiective and materially enhanced in value and moresatisfactory results obtained.

The invention consists in a cotton or seed planter constructedsubstantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described andclaimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of a cotton or seed planterconstructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinalvertical section through the hopper and distributing-wheel; Fig. 3, aperspective view of one of the reversible cups of thedistributing-wheel; Fig. 4, a detail perspective view of a portion ofthe rim and spoke of the distributing-wheel; and Fig. 5,a plan view of aportion of the rim of the distributing-wheel,

showing the diagonal pocket in place of the straight pocket shown inFig. 4.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the frame of the planter,which may be of any suitable construction and which supports the lowerand stationary section B of extending back and engaging withasprocketwheel (Z, journaled to the frame of the planter, and to thiswheel engages a second sprocketchain 6, which extends up and engages asprocket-wheelf, journaled to the shaft of the agitator F, locatedwithin the hopper, whereby said agitator receives its motion.

To the under side of the frame A of the planter and in the rear of thedriving-wheel E is a spring-hanger G, the ends of which engage a rollerH, the spring-arms of the hanger allowing the roller to yield to anyobstruction and readily pass over the same.

The furrow-opener I is located upon the lower end of a pivoted standard9, to which it is suitably connected, the standard being held againstpivotal action or held stationary by means of a wooden key it or of amaterial that will readily break and release the standard should theopener come against any obstruction.

A covering-roller J is suitably connected to hangers r at the rear ofthe frame of the planter, and in front of said roller are the usualknives K, adapted to run on each side of the furrow for the purpose offlushing or loosening the dirt behind the seed, so that the roller inthe rear thereof will cover the seed with loose fine dirt withoutplacing any obstruction to the seed coming up.

In describing the several details of construction hereinbefore referredto it would be within ordinary mechanical judgment to make such changesor modification of the parts as circumstances would require without inany manner departing from the essential features of the invention.

The distributing-wheel, which comprises the radial spokes L and the rimM, is cast solid of one and the same pieceof metal, said spokes havingbifurcated outer ends which join the rim of the wheel.

The ends of bifurcated heads 1' form the pockets for the adjustable andreversible cups N, (shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings,) whichpockets are shown as straight across the rim of the wheel; but, ifdesired, the pockets may extend diagonally across the rim, as shown inFig. 5 of the drawings.

The rim M of the distributing-wheel has in wardly-extendingcircumferential flanges m, the spokes with bifurcated heads and the rimand flanges of the distributing-wheel being integral or cast from oneand the same piece of metal, the circumferential flanges giving no IOreversed, so that the part will form a portion of the pocket, the termcup would be applicable thereto, the reversing of the block or cupadapting the wheel for the distribution of various kinds of seed, asfound desirable.

The frame A of the planter has connected thereto a hood 0, of suitablesheet metal, so that the seed in the cups will be retained therein untilthe cup passes beyond the vertical edge of the hood, as shown in Fig. 2of the drawlngs.

The roller H, which spreads the furrow to the desired width, enables theseed to land without bunching, and the construction of thedistributing-wheel and reversible cu ps, as well as the straight anddiagonal pockets, enables the planter to place the seed any distancewanted and may either drop the seed crosswise in the furrow or at aright or left angle, as desired.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cotton or seed planter, a distributerwheel comprising a rim withinwardly-projecting circumferential flanges, radial spokes havingbifurcated heads joining the rim to form pockets and adjustable andreversible cups located within the pockets and suitable means forholding the cups in their adjusted position, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. A cotton or seed planter comprising a suitable frame a hinged hopperconnected thereto and rotatable agitator therein, a furrow-openerconnected to a pivoted standard and a roller connected tospring-hangers, a roller and knives at the rear of the planter and arotatable distributing-wheel having radial spokes with bifurcated headsand adjustable and reversible cups located therein, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD SHACKLFORD BUN N ER.

Witnesses:

NORMAN R. BURNETT, ELoHUL DENTON.

